Nail buffer



To all whom mm.-

" JOSEPH LUPO, 3a., or new YORK, n.

rates NAIL BUFFER.

Application filed Bomber 35 Be it" been that 1, JOSEPH" Lem, r.; a

citizen of; the United States, and a'resid'ent of the city of New; York,borough of the Bronx, in thecounty of Bronx and St'ate ofiNew- York,have. inventeda new and Iml [proved NailBulfer', ofjwhigh the followingis a I full, 7 clear, and exact 'description. I

inventionihas relation to inanicurQ in'g articles and has particularreference to an improvement in nail'bufi'er's of the type I which areprovided "with means for'remov- ,ablyassociating. the chamois or otherpolishing cloth with the buffer. proper;

.-..Oneof the principal objects. of the pres- Y nt inventionistoYprovide anail bufler of -the; character set forth in which meansasafforded for facilitating the application b and specification,particularly pointed out in the removal of the-. chamois or. otherpolishing; cloth'from the buifer.

Asja further I object the invention resides in the provision of a nailbuffer in which the body or holder and the back are constructed from anintegral piece of material which ispadded and encasedin a permanentcovering over which the removable chamoisor polishing cloth is stretchedand retained against displacement. As a further object the inventioncontemplates a handle construction for the but fer which'greatly adds tothe comfort of the manipulator of the buffer during its use. I

' A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of abuffer of the. character described which is extremely simple in itsconstruction, inexpensive'to manufacture and which is highly efiicientin its purpose. With the above'recited and other objects in View,theinvention resides in the. novel construction set forth in thefollowing appended claims and illustrated intheaccompanying drawing, itbeing understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other thanthose actually illustrated herein In the drawing- Figure 1 is a sideview of a nail buffer constructed in accordance with theinvention,*parts being broken away and shown in section to disclose theunderlyingstructure. I

' under side of'said shoulder.

; 1322 seat in; 597,875.

f Fig. 2is, a cross section'alyiew 'taken ap- Pmime ly Onthe lime-gatinv i-1F ig. 3 isja perspective View of the remov; fable chamo s orpolishing cloth retaining ineans' di sass'ociated from the buffer.

Y 4 is @a sectional view taken approXimately ionthe line tee of Fig.- 1and 'illus-"T trating the constructionof thehandle, I

ef r g t the d w ng by characters ofreference,;10 designates the body ofthe buffer which: is .of rectangular 1configuration I and s formed withan enlarged integral? back 11,-said elements being preferably co nstructedof wood or any other suitable materi'all, 1 The bodylO iscoveredatits sides with a padding consisting of, a; felt strip 12 completely encasing'the sides and ends f 10f the body. ,A pluralityoffelt strips 13' are" attached to the lower 5 face of {the body anda'permanent covering 14; which' is pref- ]erably f,j hm110is encases the,Padding strips 12 and 13. The removable chamois or other polishingmaterial 15 is designed to be stretched over the permanent cover 14 withthe free edges 16"of said polishing material turned outwardly under theshoulders 17 formed by the edges of the back which protrude beyond thesides and ends of the body 10, A retaining-element 18 which. is ofsimilar configuration to the body 10 is forced over the polishingmaterial after thesame has been stretched in place, saidretainingelement serving the purpose of oper- -atively associating the removablePolishingmaterial with the buffer proper. The internal configuration ofthe retaining element 18 is of smaller dimension than the externalconfiguration of the body, backing and permanent covering lt 'wherebywhen theretaining element is forced into place the-padding will becompressed to suchian 7 extent as to prevent casual displacement 1 ofthe retaining elei'nent and removable pol-* ishing" material. The retaning elementis further provided with a marginal flange 19 itsupper edgewhich underlies'the shoulder 17 and gripsthe'outturned edgesof theremovable polishing material against the,

v This .fiange also. constitutes a means for facilitating the isconnected to the back ,11 by a pair of g removal and application of theretaining element and the removable polishing ma terial from the bufferproper. A handle 20 1 I I spaced: arms 21 and. a. yieldable band 22referably of rubber or other elastic maiterial embi'tacesihe arms 21 torender the manipillation of fihe buffer "more comfort;-

7 able to the user.

I claim: i 1. A nail bufl'er comprising a buffer body, having yieldablebottom and side faces adapteclvto receive t-hereover a removablepohshlng material, and means consisting of a substantially annular bandof lesser 111- trnalfd-ia'ineter 'than the external diamfiter band into"the "sides of 'the ieldabl'e body;

fa'r'riiov'able polishing materialii's arranged Yin11coverin felatibn,and "an endle band -r ial"vcliaiiie'ter (if 'the Miller hotly adapted Rbeorm req r' r, i uip ngiby compression a, marginal groove in like sideof "lsseri ntern l 'diamefiei' than the eXterfialls'firido which theremovable polishing material is; reread "for effecting 'its retentionmarginal shoiild'rat the. lippere'nd ofthe' I ls'ai'd backing being ofigivass'r jho'cly, yielclable padding completely encas- 'fng said body,a ermanent" coverin for "*saiclfpadding, a removable polishing materialstretched over the permanent cover- 7 ing, and means for embracing andretaining-the polishing material in covering'relation over the permanentcovering and padd d bodyys'aicl nieam comprising a substantially annularmember having a. flange at its upperen'cl n hi'chbearsagainst themarginalfshoulder of the biifi'e'r.

, 4:. A "nail buffer comprising an integral body and "backing, sai clbacking'being of a largersize than the botly toproi ide amarginal''ghonldr 'at the npper'end of the 'body, 'yi'eldetlble paddingcompletely en'c'asi g said body," a permane t covering jfor said pa- 1-cli'ng, a removable""p,olishing material said means comprising a:siibstantially annlilaimember having flange 'at"it-s supper f end whichbears against the marginal v V I jshoiilder of the bn'fier;a hanrllecai'rieii by f3. nail, buffer comprising "(in integral stret he d overthe permanent covering, ma-ns for embracing-an 'r'efiaining the pol-"ishing' i'na'tferi'al in covering "relation over the "pennanen't'"covering and "melded "body,

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